A stylish ride to a veteran's final resting place. What public servants make in Kent and Sussex counties. And why it may not be as cool as you think to live on the coast.

Here are five stories from below the canal you might have missed last week.

• Delaware veteran gives back by taking brothers and sisters to final resting place: Ron Elliott believes it is his duty to help his fellow veterans ride off into the sunset in style. Since the early 1980s, the Army veteran has taken hundreds of “brothers and sisters” from up and down the state to their final resting places at no charge in his specially-equipped, patriotic-appointed truck.

Ron Elliott of Wilmington, a U.S. Army veteran, has spent decades carrying the remains of deceased veterans to their final resting place in his truck at no charge.(Photo: Jason Minto, The News Journal)

• Regular flooding in next three decades could affect building a beach home: Owning beachfront property in a low-lying and storm-prone state like Delaware comes with flood risks. A new analysis shows that between 2010 and 2017 more than 700 homes – worth roughly $500 million – were built on land that’s projected to be inundated at least once a year on average by 2050 unless pricey measures are taken to keep the water away.

• Who earns the most in Sussex County government?: In Delaware’s largest county, where millions of tourists spend millions of dollars when they descend on the state’s beaches every summer, only a handful of government employees bring home the really big bucks. Here's the entire list for the curious.

Sussex County Return Day in Georgetown, Delaware.(Photo: Jason Minto, The News Journal)

• What Kent County government employees are making: With economic development a top priority for Kent County officials and a push for more services, many of the top-paying public jobs are tied to those initiatives. A big part of Kent County's operating budget goes to employee salaries.

Kent County Levy Court has taken an expanded role in the county's economic development effort.(Photo: Jerry Smith/The News Journal)

• Missing Dover woman found dead in boyfriend's home in apparent murder-suicide: Police have ruled the disappearance of a 20-year-old woman a homicide after she was found dead with her boyfriend in what looks to be a murder-suicide. Ahyanna Baker-Griffin had been reported missing since last Saturday.